Ford v Ferrari
A motorsport drama where racing speed emerges from engineering, negotiation, teamwork and corporate conflict rather than from the driver alone.
- YEAR
- 2019
- DIRECTOR
- James Mangold
- COUNTRY
- United States
- LENGTH
- 152 min
- SPORT / THEME
- Motorsport · Fiction
- CAST / FEATURED PEOPLE
- Matt Damon · Christian Bale · Jon Bernthal
Ford v Ferrari in the wider sports-film conversation
Ford v Ferrari is worth viewing not only as a self-contained story but as part of a wider conversation about how sport is represented on screen. The film is useful for understanding how contemporary sports cinema visualizes systems: the car is the endpoint of institutional labor, not a solitary heroic object.
Continue through Motorsport, James Mangold, 2019 and United States. For a closer reading, see Ford V Ferrari Speed And Teamwork.
Synopsis
A motorsport drama where racing speed emerges from engineering, negotiation, teamwork and corporate conflict rather than from the driver alone.
Place in film history
The film is useful for understanding how contemporary sports cinema visualizes systems: the car is the endpoint of institutional labor, not a solitary heroic object.